here's my relationship with alcohol : from about 13 I would have small glasses of wine or white wine spritzers (no idea how to spell it), then I gradually worked up my way to more, then eventually at my 18th birthday party I got pretty tipsy and it was great. I've got drunk since then, and I am a massive light weight. but I've never had a hangover, never been sick. I guess I don't have that thing of 'I'm drunk let's drink more'. when I get to drunk I'm no longer bothered about drinking that much more. the last time I got drunk was new years, I've drank since then though (a glass of wine normally with dinner) but for 3 months I'm not allowed to drink at all because I'm volunteering with a charity in South Africa, and to me that is fine. I'll miss the odd drink, but I'll be okay.


i would say my relationship with alcohol is super conflicted! i've had about 3 nights where i've been blackout vomiting, but aside from that i'm usually okay. it's really weird, but coming to uni has helped me calm down a lot! i know that's the opposite for a lot of people, but i guess it's because i know my parents aren't a phone call away if something bad happens, so i'm relying entirely on myself and my other drunken friends, so i'm so much more careful. weird! i think i could give it up quite easily, but i'm 19, and it SUCKS when my friends are all drunk and i'm not. so yeah, weird relationship! :)


In France when you're in high school, if you want to fit in the popular crowd you have to go to parties and drink a lot. I agree w/ Lucy when she says that drinking too much is "glamourized"  I think my friends and I started drinking at fourteen, so I have been drinking for ten years now. I believe it can get worse depending on your studies, for example medecine students here have like really hardcore parties where passing out from drinking too much is the norm. I personally love the tipsy feeling so I taught myself no to go beyond that otherwise it's not fun and I get the worst hangovers !


I'm 20, Irish and a student so the  drinking culture around me is huge but I can't drink because I've a medical condition that I've had since I was 16 but diagnosed when I was 19 and put on a strict diet for life which includes no alcohol. I've been on it for the past year but I was never a big drinker before I was diagnosed because it did effect me but I'd have literally one or two drinks like every 5 months probably more, I've never been drunk and have only been tipsy twice and now that I know I can't ever have alcohol I feel like I'm missing out. When I told some of my friends and family that I can't drink they're in shock,one of the first things they say is "What about your 21st or Christmas?", I wish more people just answered with an "Okay" and then just move on like it's normal.


Good luck on your quest! I'd take part, but I don't really drink anyway. My physiology makes it very difficult to get drunk, so even at northern prices, it can take me nearly fifty pounds to get to the same state of mild drunkenness that my friends can achieve with a twenty-pound note. It's simply not financially feasible for me to drink like that, so I usually just end up drinking Pepsi. Of course, that's addictive in its own right, but I'm not having too much difficulty swapping that for peppermint tea when I'm at home.


i'm kind of used to having a weekly small bottle of wine, but that's fine right?


I commend you on not drinking for the entire month!! I have a weird relationship with alcohol. I enjoy it but because I have severe stomach problems I can't really drink anymore. So I'll only drink a bunch with friends once in a blue moon. But I got good at saying no, that happens when you spend the night in front of a toilet haha


I've never drunk as my pain meds come with increased side effects that I dont want to have. My body picks up side effects like I'm taking sweets at random out of a pick a mix bag which makes me be more careful about what I do. Yet sometimes I wonder what it would be like to get a bit of a buzz and feel what all my other friends would get.


I think I resent the idea of alcohol due to it's role in our society. I feel like it damages people too much but it's passed off as being a part of our culture. It's a major part in "growing older" and "rebelling" as a teen. However, I see my friends drink and as someone who doesn't it upsets me as I feel like without alcohol I could never reach that state of "happiness"


I didn't have a hang over the first time I was drunk, I am so proud


I was teetotal until I started to work on a bar, it's pretty tricky to stay sober after work on one. Now at uni, I drink fairly regularly with friends but (recently solely because I get the worst hangovers) I'm sticking to 2-3 drinks which is plenty to make me happy tipsy (like right now) but still coherent and myself, which I think is alright?


in australia drinking is somehow such a big part of social culture that you kind of get weird looks if you don't drink. i do personally enjoy drinking but i have friends who ridicule others if they don't drink which i think is wrong


another top tip i've learned from being a college student in a big city is that taking an advil (NEVER a tylenol) and a multivitamin before bed helps loads with preventing hangovers! also just remembering how expensive alcohol is and how free water is and how broke you are is a great way to drink less alcohol.

Rita Castagna aha yeah that's another good reason for people to stop


This video it 15 on the trending page! Well done dodie! Also GIN is the best! I mean I might be only 12 but gin tast so good!


Sup Doddie...and anyone reading this...ok so I've decided to share my experience with alcohol. So I just turned 16 this December and before that I went to one party in October. Now I have always been the person who turned down alcohol from anyone and the last party I went to (my second one) I decided "sure! What's the worst that could happen?" Well...exactly what I thought was going to happen happened. I was never really afraid of the "alcohol" aspect of alcohol, it's always been my mental state the next morning. I never got like wasted drunk, just a happy comfortable drunk, but the next morning I felt so ashamed and not like myself at all. It's almost as if I relied on my rejection to alcohol as like a part of my personality and identity and the next morning when I woke up with a massive headache I just didn't feel like me. So, if you are in my position, who ever is reading this (which is probably no one or very few people) you need to know that it's ok to feel happy or have a good time with alcohol in your system. Buzzed and tippsy isn't going to kill you and you are still you and no one, not even your parents are judging you. I would also like to point out that the party I got drunk at was on Saturday and I just talked to my mom about how I felt about the situation yesterday, so thank you SO SO SO SO much for posting this Doddie because it defiantly helped me a bit.


I also suffer from anxiety and often go through stages of depersonalisation but as this sounds, when your anxiety is at its worst and you began getting depersonalisation, I wouldn't recommend drinking, because it'll just make you reply on it more, face your fears and get through it, it just takes some rediscovery of yourself. you've got this :) I know it's not simple but put trust in yourself, you can work through it


I have the entirely opposite issue with alcohol. I've never been able to drink because of anxiety/depersonalisation. It just intensifies everything and gives me instant panic attacks idgi 🙄


Usually one drink 2-3 times a year. When I was 18 I blacked out and couldn't remember a whole night, thank god I had my two friends with me who were more sober. That night still freaks me out and I haven't been black out since


I don't really get alcohol that much. It's something I have sometimes when it's mixed in with a good taste but for the most part I don't really enjoy it and I get a similar effect of being tipsy when I get tired enough anyway.


I don't drink very much. I enjoy a drink or two once in a while and I like the feeling of being a little tipsy, but I threw up from alcohol once and that ruined wine for me for a good three years. When I think of not drinking for a month it's a feeling of "sure, whatever". I do have some friends who get drunk a few times a month, but I've never heard any one of them saying, that they feel like they might not be able to stop drinking for some time. I'm from Germany and here you always hear the prejudice, that Brits drink and party a lot... but since I studied in England for a semester last year, I feel like it's more a fact than a prejudice. The drinking culture is just very different. In Germany, we usually drink beer or wine and than maybe a few shots inbetween. I noticed that you guys usually start off with double or tripple vodka lemon (or just any other hard liquor. In some bars a tripple vodka is cheaper than a single one? What?). I don't want to judge people based on how much they drink - you do you - but to me it seems like a pretty unhealthy handling of alcohol. Anyway, stay strong Dodie, you can do this!


I know many people who started to drink alcohol when they were between 15-18 (the legal age is 18 for drinks under 22% and 20yrs for over 22% in norway) and I specifically didn't feel the need or was never pressured to drink before I wanted to. I had my first drink at 18, and I am not much of a party person so I can say that I go to 1-2 parties every 2-3months. I have never blacked out or been hangover (thanks to being aware of what alcohol is and what it does to your body and doing all of the tips Doodie gave in this video).
Stay safe everyone, alcohol can be nice but not in too much quantity! Help others if they seem too drunk to stand or not feeling well, cuz u would want other people doing the same for u. And if u don't want to taste alcohol that's fine too, my sister is one of those people and I respect her choice.

Stay safe everyone! :)


the reason why I love your videos is because you don't play that stupid music most you tubers do. you make it as personal as you can. and I love it.


I've been in a "situation" like this. It started off spending the nights with a friend drinking a bit, it quickly changed into skipping school everyday to get drunk, getting drunk in school (my grades were actually better xD), being drunk in forests blablabla. One time I kinda tried to kill myself and there was blood all over and at this point I realised something went hella wrong. This isn't even two years ago now and I don't drink anything. It was a hard time, it still is a hard time, I'm not alcoholic but sometimes I struggle against the urge to just get drunk when times get hard. But I can do it and so do you.


I recently had a health problem where as a precautionary measure I had to completely ditch alcohol for about two months, along with spicy food, coffee and basically all the nice things. As a result, I know I don't have a problem with alcohol, it was fine without it. So yay. I apparently do, however, have a slight caffeine addiction. XD Mornings sans coffee are BLEAK. Thankfully the precautions turned out not to be necessary, so I am back to my usual caffeinated self!<br>The drinking water thing helps SO MUCH oh my god. I down at least a pint before bed if I've been out drinking.

I recently had a health problem where as a precautionary measure I had to completely ditch alcohol for about two months, along with spicy food, coffee and basically all the nice things. As a result, I know I don't have a problem with alcohol, it was fine without it. So yay. I apparently do, however, have a slight caffeine addiction. XD Mornings sans coffee are BLEAK. Thankfully the precautions turned out not to be necessary, so I am back to my usual caffeinated self!
The drinking water thing helps SO MUCH oh my god. I down at least a pint before bed if I've been out drinking.


when I first experienced alcohol it didn't went that bad. I mean there were nice people who took care of each other and we started to drink at different times so we were more or less drunk at different times so we could even help each other more (this sounds weird but it makes sense, i promise). SO I drank a couple of shots, ate something and drank a lot of water and I didn't even feel a little bit at the next morning.<br>BUT..ok no I can't tell that bye

when I first experienced alcohol it didn't went that bad. I mean there were nice people who took care of each other and we started to drink at different times so we were more or less drunk at different times so we could even help each other more (this sounds weird but it makes sense, i promise). SO I drank a couple of shots, ate something and drank a lot of water and I didn't even feel a little bit at the next morning.
BUT..ok no I can't tell that bye


I only really drink at social events and even then I'm always one of the most sober people in the room. Case and point my best mate had his 18th birthday party last Saturday, I had three drinks in total between 5pm and 12am and spent my night looking after the drunk people and forcing them to eat and drink water. Drinking is all about knowing which alcohol has what affect on you and where your limit is, also don't give in to peer pressure, just because your mates are doing shots and drinking doesn't mean you have to.


I've stopped drinking, I wasn't a big drinker any way but 1) I'm supporting a family member with a drinking problem and 2) reaaaaally bad experience made me stop ANY substance absorption. So it's been a bit more than a month now !


im slightly scared of alcohol because alcoholism runs in my family. it completely ruined my dads life and i dont want it to ruin mine. but then again,, it sounds kinda fun as long as it doesnt get out of hand


woweeeee that sounds tough hahah im proud of you dodie!! i think i might join you! (: good luck!!


I am a minor however I have had alcohol with and around my parents. I got slightly drunk on new years eve and I didn't really enjoy it. I mean it was really fun and it gives you a rush however you kinda just feel out of place and I don't think I need alcohol to actually have fun. I would understand how other people would feel that way. But experiencing stupid things is how you learn and I'm happy I tried alcohol for the fist time in a safe and happy environment :)


Early January I made the decision to go T Total. It was after a night out and realising that alcohol really enhances my anxiety, and causes anxiety attacks a lot more frequently when I drink. I found I only drank to fit in and not to enjoy myself, since then I have been on nights out sober and I have been nothing but happier, my mentality is better, my relationships with friends is better and my bank account is better. Right now I am changing a lot to try and have a better/healthier life and giving up drink has been the best thing I've done.


I haven't had a "real" drink since I was 19. (I'm turning 23 in a month) Maybe twice a year I will sip on someone's beer and be like "ehhw. I knew it's not for me." or I'd literally be socially pressured into drinking one shot of whatever liqour was opened that night, but apart from that, I don't even like the taste. I used to drink SO much when I was younger, only because it was illegal, that was the single one fun thing about it.
When I got "drunk" I always felt absolutely nothing, except sometimes the urge to punch someone in the face. But that might just be me in general, sober, yo yeah. Felt nothing and didn't know I was drunk, until I suddenly had to vomit.
So that's a no-no on the alcohol. Also, drunk people scare and disgust me a bit (I swear, if another guy comes at me and shouts DUUUUUDEEEEEE at my face like 20 times in a row, I'll legitimately fight him.)
Props to you for trying the not-drinking-thing, it does wonders for the mind and body! :)


my dad drinks like 3 or 4 beers almost every night. it really worries me and ive asked him about it before but he always insists that "its all just for fun" and "nothing will happen". i don't know what to do about it...any tips? <br>(ps youre really brave for trying this thank you for doing this for yourself)

my dad drinks like 3 or 4 beers almost every night. it really worries me and ive asked him about it before but he always insists that "its all just for fun" and "nothing will happen". i don't know what to do about it...any tips?
(ps youre really brave for trying this thank you for doing this for yourself)


I started drinking quite young but mainly because my parents let me at any siblings birthday or Christmas/new year and it was so positive, I didn't want to embarrass myself in front of my parents so I wouldn't drink too much and i learnt my limits quite young. I feel like this was soooo positive because a lot of people who drink to rebel or older end up going at it too hard in unsafe places, so I really thank my parents for that. I am however a real social drinker and have never seen the harm in that, but a month sounds hard, so maybe I should think about that. 💖


Hi! I'm 21 and have never been drunk before (only slightly tipsy a few times) and this is only because I wouldn't trust my drunk self with anything and I know I'm prone to addiction. So I've chosen abstinence in a country where there is a considerably high alcohol consumption rate and in which alcoholic lifestyle is normalized and it's almost tradition. But hey, people always need that one sober friend. :D


First drink: 19, white wineI haaaaated the taste of alcohol then and continued to be not impressed with it until about 27. Then I discovered strawberry wine literally tastes like juice and that was alright. I had some about twice a year. This past year, 31, I've discovered my tastes have extended to dry-ish red wine. I can't do beer because of the wheat and I don't want to try liquor so sometimes I get a bottle of wine. It takes me 3 days to get through one little $8 bottle of wine. <br>So yeah. I don't like a "buzz," I just like the taste every now and then as a treat.

First drink: 19, white wineI haaaaated the taste of alcohol then and continued to be not impressed with it until about 27. Then I discovered strawberry wine literally tastes like juice and that was alright. I had some about twice a year. This past year, 31, I've discovered my tastes have extended to dry-ish red wine. I can't do beer because of the wheat and I don't want to try liquor so sometimes I get a bottle of wine. It takes me 3 days to get through one little $8 bottle of wine.
So yeah. I don't like a "buzz," I just like the taste every now and then as a treat.


Make a month of drunk blogs, that would actually be interesting.


I'm more of a have a beer in the evenings a few days a week kind of person. The university I go to has a party atmosphere but I prefer to just hang with friends and use moderate amounts of alcohol to relax


Yayyy vedif, and go dodie I'm interested to see how you do. I have often wondered if I have an addiction to another substance but sometimes it's hard to tell


Oh my. Actually showing drunk vomiting footage. You're pretty brave dodie. And  selfconfident. ORRRR you stopped giving a shit. Either way I dig it. I like that you.

I'm watching this drunk. Does that count as I lost the "No drunk thing"? I guess it does. Well I already lost.. can't lose more. CHEEEERS


I've always known my granddad to be an alcoholic and so I've refused to drink but if you wanna drink then idk you do you pals. also be safe.


"I MADE OUT WITH A HOT GIRRLL"

good job dodie 👌👌


im 20 and i dont drink (im straight edge), mostly for health reasons - i have vasovagal syncope and alcohol can be a trigger - but it also saves money  :)


whenever I drink (which is every few months if that...only at some sort of party where I'm surrounded by drunk people) I enjoy the sensation of being giggly and confident for a while and I tend to keep drinking because I'm offered another one and want to maintain the happy feeling. A few drinks later and I'm normally not feeling great and I end up going to bed or throwing up. Basically...I don't actually like drinking. I don't like the taste of any alcoholic drinks I've had so far in my life: I grimace as I drink them but my worst nightmare is being in an environment where people are drunk and I'm sober.

So I really hate than when trying to meet new people (whether as friends or for dating) the first place people jump to is "let's go for a drink". Why? So we can meet and not be ourselves as we supposedly get to know each other? It makes no sense to me and frustrates me. I want to meet people in London and date but I also don't know where to find the people like me who's idea of also great Friday or Saturday night is being in my pyjamas at the earliest opportunity, making myself a home cooked meal, a herbal tea and watching something on Netflix under my blanket...


i'm a sophomore in high school (10th grade) and some of  my friends get shitfaced almost every weekend, and it's not "normal" but it's not "not normal". i mean, i live in Wisconsin so at least 85% of my friends had their first drink on their 12th or 13th birthday


I completely get that about the depersonalisation thing, it sounds so bad but it is such a relief being drunk in that state


it concerns me that you didn't think at all to say "if you're young, do not drink" , knowing that a lot of your audience is underage and some are very young


I'm kinda joining you. Im doing a paint/draw everyday. Ive been slacking on my art lately. I've only recently started drinking and have never had more than 6 beers and 2 jelly shots.


I live in Herefordshire, which is basically in Wales, and considering I'm 16 I'm pretty much the only one in my year that doesn't drink alcohol - at parties everyone's getting drunk and stoned (shhhh) and then I'm the only one that's normal, and tbh I kinda like it. I feel more in control than everyone else, and that weirdly makes me feel safer - also I get to look after my drunk friends which is always good value.


I've decided not to drink alcohol. my family have a history of drinking problems and getting aggressive when drunk so I didn't want to be like that EVER. Also, I have a really addictive personality so if I enjoy something I keep doing it to make myself feel better and I almost rely on it, that's why I don't drink.  I don't think it's bad for other people to drink. you just do you!  and being sober in a social environment is REALLY HARD but I just think of it as having all the fun without the crippling regret 😂😂😂


you are my favorite youtuber. you just are. gahh. but anyway, here's my story:: my body sucks. i am in constant, 200% pain, all the time, every day, & have been for like 7 years. i also struggle with depersonalization, depression, anxiety, ptsd, & a bunch of other crap. & i just turned 21 (i'm american) so now i can drink. & i am already afraid that i will develop a problem. do you think your (possible) drinking problem has to do with your mental health? i'm afraid i'm going to become dependent on alcohol as my pain reliever, mentally and physically. & i know that's bad. but when you've suffered for so long... i dunno. help.


I'm 19 next month and I don't drink simply because it doesn't appeal to me but when I am at a birthday or event or whatever and someone finds out I don't drink I always feel so weird by how much it shocks them, a lot of the time I get  congratulated for not drinking which just makes me feel odd because I don't understand what there is to congratulate, all I'm doing is not consuming a liquid that I don't want to in the first place , to me it's not difficult or a big deal yet it still manages to amaze people that I don't want to drink , I don't understand it and I don't think I ever will


im 17 and ive had a total of about 4 alcoholic drinks in my life. all of them were with my parents and best friend on holiday. two cocktails and i was drunk lmao but like it wasnt bad i just was very giggly and also loving and woke up the next day fine and didnt get sick. i hate getting sick its absolutely disgusting. i dont really like drinking though and only rank when i was on holidays in portugal lol. i think when im 18 ill still be sober and i actually enjoy looking out for the people who get pissed and need help to walk home without falling and/or getting hit by a car when trying to cross the road. im the sober friend but im happy about it haha


I think the big distinction is more about why you drink alcohol, as opposed to how much you are drinking. If you drink to get drunk, I think that is what tends to lead people down the path to alcoholism. Not always, obviously, but I think that's kind of the first step. If you say to yourself, "I need to get drunk tonight," then that is you admitting to yourself that you low-key need the alcohol in your life.

For myself, my alcoholic vices are sour beers, gin & tonics, and pretty much any vodka+juice. But I drink these because I enjoy the flavor, not because I want to get drunk. For me, ditching alcohol would be the same as ditching soda, or milk, or juice. I'd just replace it with another beverage for those meals or evenings when I want something to sip on. Alcohol doesn't provide anything I can't get from another beverage.


Watching this while sipping a beer. I'll join you after this, though.


In my country (Chile) its legal to drink when you are 18, but its not really regularized, so i started when i was 15 with my friends, and in partys always where alcohol. Now that i grow up a little bit (19) i know how much can i drink and stuff but some of my friends dont so its almost normal that someone ends up throwing up.


Dodie, I want to listen to Rainbow Poison pleaseeee!!!! :D


I like drinking. Or more accurately, I like being drunk. When I was in college I'd drink about once a week, and I'd binge drink most of the time. But I'm pretty good at knowing when to stop and knowing to eat carbs beforehand and to drink water during, so I've never had a hangover (although I have thrown up the night of a few times). Howeverrr I am Asian, my sister is totally allergic to alcohol, I get Asian glow and all of my skin (including my stomach and my legs) gets really splotchy red when I drink, and my head starts pounding a little after a few drinks (which is part of why I'm good at stopping), so I know I really shouldn't be drinking :/


My family has a long history of alcohol and substance abuse. My grandpa is 25 years sober, my aunt is 9 years and my dad is 7 years. I have seen the effects of alcohol on the people I love and it's not fun. I don't like to be impaired in anyway (even laughing gas is a no go) and I don't ever plan on drinking. Sometimes it looks cool and it feels like it would be an answer to some of my struggles but then I look at how my family struggles each and every day and i realize that to me, it's just not worth it. I don't want to put myself at risk and make my family go through what I've gone through seeing them. In fact, I steer clear of really anything- I have a sleeping disorder and refuse to be put on medication for it, as sleeping medication is often very addictive. I don't want to give myself the chance to be in a position where I abuse the substance, especially being as I struggle with mental health challenges every day. It would be so easy to drink it all away but I've decided that's not where I want my life to go. Best of luck to you, Dodie!


rainbow poison is one of my favourites :-)


Yep. Drinking without eating before is not good. After a Baileys and a tequila shot my head was spinning like crazy, but luckily a friend gave me water to drink and a few nuts to eat and I soon felt better.
This remains my most 'hardcore' alcohol experience.
I don't drink very often and not that much, but I think I will join you on your sober month, just to see how it will be


I'm 12 so I'll just not drink soda for all of  this month ❤


i can have fun without alcohol (i'm 20 btw), i'm silly just being sober 😂. plus i'm the most stupid person while drunk


I'm terrified about alcohol. My whole family has substance abuse issues. My dad was an alcoholic due to the fact that his mom was kind of dying and no one was really talking about it so he picked up at 13. At 17 his mom died. At 18, he went to a school known as a party school. At 20, he dropped out and took a year off. He worked at his father's textile business (note: my dad is colorblind and can't cut a straight line this was not a fun time for him). By 21, he was sober and back at school, this time in a different state with a different major. He's been sober for 28 years now.
My mom smoked cigarettes from the age of 13. It was a long time ago, and she didn't know how bad they were. She didn't quit for another 15 years. She tells me the moment she realised it was a problem happened when she would reach for a cigarette in times of need, or when she was bored. If she was in a situation where she could only have one thing from her home, it would be her smokes.
My parents both were stoners. They did well in school: my mom was crazy smart, and she graduated from college suma cum laude; my dad was captain of the lacrosse team and on the football team. He graduated with straight a's. Both of them regret it.
I worry that my older sister is on her way to following them. She sets up rules for herself: I won't buy anything, because I don't want to waste my money, but I'll accept a drink or a smoke. I don't think she's gone to a friend's house with more than one other person and stayed sober the whole time in over a year. She's still in high school. She's the good child.
I'm terrified because I know the dangers, and I know how to avoid them, and I don't think I can. I don't know what healthy relationships with substances are. My mom drinks wine sometimes, but never more than a glass. We think it's out of solidarity. We don't know what it would be like if she wasn't married to an alcoholic.
I. Am. So. Fucking. Scared.


I am so excited for VEDIF because I love you so much


I would be with you but I recently found Gin!!! Also whenever I stick to just Jägermeister I never get a hangover.


I'm not a big drinker AT ALL and haven't had a drink this year so far. I decided last night that I was gonna dirnk today just cause I can and why not. We have completely flipped positions lol


I drink to help with my anxiety. It helps me actually talk to people.


I'm recovering from an alcohol problem, I haven't drunk in 26 days😅 that's going to nothing from a bottle of vodka or a couple bottles of wine or a lot of cider a day. Depends on my mood. But I drink to stabilize my moods. While drunk I feel one constant mood, which I love, or I don't feel at all, again it's great! But when I'm not drunk I have borderline personality disorder with strong traits of bipolar so my mood changes about 16-21 times a day😂😂 again.. depends what day it is😅 but I don't feel good without alcohol, I have a bottle of vodka in my draw and it takes all my strength not to drink👏🏻👏🏻 I don't know what I'm trying to accomplish with this message. But I'm only 17 and I had an alcohol problem for a long time and slowly getting over it 👏🏻❤

I mean I still have the mental issues when drunk they just seem to be less affective aha


I'm a 20yr old student , never been sick and i used to have left over pasta and cucumber before going to bed if i was tipsy/drunk at the age of 18. Plus lots of water x I know i don't have a drinking problem because i can stop at any point during my nights out.


I'm currently in University and drinking is a thing that if you want to get involved with, you most certainly can. I always find myself in situations of daytime drinking or midweek drinking. It sometimes alarms me when I think about how much I do drink and binge drink. But the reassuring thing is if I have deadlines or exams I don't go for a quick pint with my mates, I get my work done. If you're reading this and happen to be someone who is thinking of drinking for the first time FOLLOW DODIE'S TIPS they will save your life I promise.


dodie doing vedif?? more like giving me a reason to get up in the morning


I'm gonna join you on this! I don't drink that much, but I could use s month with out


I try to avoid alcohol, because I only have one kidney and I'm trying to be healthy in general. But I'm also at uni, and EVERYTHING is about drinking! I find myself in a awkward situation when everyone is drunk and I'm the only sober one. So I end up being like 'fuck it', doesn't take long for me to get drunk. But oh my god, the next day is a complete right off. However, I'm going join you dodie and commit to not drinking for February! Praying for us both


i'm from australia and basically this is what our alcohol culture is like:
- it's completely normal to start drinking at 14
- it's normal and hilarious to drink a huge amount of disgusting cheap boxed wine (goon)
- the "cool" people glamorise a ""messy"" night out aka going out to drink is only fun if you dont come home until 7am
i hate it bc it's impossible to hang out with those kinds of people unless you're also willing to get shitfaced and messy and gross.


I am 15 and would have loved this information about 6 months ago when I got twatted on anything I could get my hands on, I worry about my relationship with alcohol as the moment someone gives me a drink I will take it and drink as much as I can, being drunk makes me feel shit, all of my worries and sadness comes out yet I still constantly wait for the next time I will drink until I am so out of it I forget parts of the night. I am not depressed nor do I have anxiety but it would be interesting to look at the correlations between mental health and alcohol consumption.


The logic i learned at Reading festival: drink the hangover away and stay drunk for 5 days straight. It worked but i basically couldn't move for a week after the festival so hmmmm


I can get shitfaced from morning to almost the next morning a  whole week (with a lot of friends), while I can stop drinking for a month or so. I think I don't have an alcohol problem, I just know when to party. Fuck me, right?


I very rarely get drunk,, but I do drink on an almost daily basis (maybe 1 or 2 glasses). Do you think that's allright for as long as I'm a student, or do you think I should tone it down. Please advice!


I'm the opposite with alcohol, I really don't like the lack of control it gives me, it freaks me out. I will have a drink but only if I'm in a place I feel safe with people that I trust and I have at least 2 methods of getting home (usually bus/walking/taxi) incase one of them fails. I enjoy drinking when I'm not panicking but I find it difficult to not panic


Well I'm from Belgium and I don't know if it's worst here than in London, but everybody will bashing you around if you decide to stop drinking at a party, or if you are going to sleep before anyone else. The two most popular proverbe here (during uni) are "Manger c'est tricher" wich mean "eating is cheating" and "Vomir c'est repartir" which mean "vomit/puke is get going again/a new start (to finish this partyyyy) "  SO yes, social pressure here.


I love getting completely wasted once or twice a month because I really love the feeling of loosing control of my mind completely but I stay sober most other nights because a voice in my back always whispers: every time you drink alcohol a ton of brain cells die, chance for cancer increases, etc....


I had moonshine jelly shots once, thought is was just vodka but NOOOO<br>I may or may not have puked all over the ground, it was a disgusting yellowish white colour 🙌🏻

I had moonshine jelly shots once, thought is was just vodka but NOOOO
I may or may not have puked all over the ground, it was a disgusting yellowish white colour 🙌🏻


I might have a drink problem already.
Thinks back to the last day of year 13 when i was found half naked in a pub toilet and was carted to A&E after having a bottle of cider a glass of wine and 350ml of straight vodka all to myself
Thinks back to 2 months later at prom when i downed 350ml of vodka to myself before i even got there and they had to call my mum to come pick me up
Thinks back to the other night when i had 3 glasses of spiced rum and got home at 7:30 in the morning

I might have a drink problem already.
*Thinks back to the last day of year 13 when i was found half naked in a pub toilet and was carted to A&E after having a bottle of cider a glass of wine and 350ml of straight vodka all to myself*
*Thinks back to 2 months later at prom when i downed 350ml of vodka to myself before i even got there and they had to call my mum to come pick me up*
*Thinks back to the other night when i had 3 glasses of spiced rum and got home at **7:30** in the morning*


okay now this left me thinking that i have a problem with alcohol


It's worse in Ireland, being really drunk is seen as cool, and all the young teenagers sneak alcohol to kiddie discos or get pre drunk


I'm doing this but with my eating!! I'm giving up chocolate. I know it sounds daft but I deffo have a sugar addiction x


I've been sober all my life, never been drunk, never plan to be. I don't like drinking alcohol in any major amount though I will have a glass of wine at family event but only one, when its with friends I avoid it at all costs as I just don't trust them.


FUCKK YESSSS VEDIF THANK U THIS IS WHAT I NEED RN 😭


I prefer making sober videos of drunk friends :P Alcohol just makes me feel heavy and sleepy.


this reminded me i havent drunk vodka for two weeks at least, interesting. #sudden plans


I honestly can't handle alcohol. I'll have food and water in my body, but if I take more than one small sip of any alcohol. I start to feel very ill. Like it's bad.


im 3 months in to being 18 and im all ready having a problem with drinking and smoking hehh

and yeah if you ever come to norway ill make you my fathers original drink<br>... or u can do it yourself, its called Rape In The Forrest - and its just a glass of Jack Daniels

and yeah if you ever come to norway ill make you my fathers original drink
... or u can do it yourself, its called Rape In The Forrest - and its just a glass of Jack Daniels


I love alcohol. Like seriously because it helps a lot to breake the barrier between me and other people. I just cant be open and confident without a drink in my hand. You see me drunk - well, you know me now. You should drink with me just once and that barrier will be gone pretty much forever. Or not. Depends on drunk you.
And my taste in alcohol is very strange: dark beer, wine (every type of wine but not sparkling), Jägermeister and tequila. Also I hate pure vodka despite I'm russian (braking stereotypes bangbangbang).
In Russia you can drink legally from 18 now. But ministers think of 21 as a new legal age. Happy that I'll be 21 y.o this year (do I have a problem?)


i'm not drinking only because I'm on antidepressants at the moment and in my opinion it's the funniest not funny thing ever


on halloween I didn't eat before going out and I was literally drunk for 12 hours and I cried whilst doing my laundry

Always eat


also alcohol damages your brain
and you know
you kind of need your brain

i'm not saying don't drink alcohol at all but just be aware of this fact okay love you


I drink nearly every single weekend and its slowly becoming a problem???


I hate alcohol, I hate the taste and the smell makes me gag. When people around me drink I get a bit uncomfortable, it doesn't bother me if people say they drink but due to past experiences i cant stand being around alcohol


hahahahahha when i saw 0:39 - 1:47  i was like Doddie is Wasted Af


I don't drink and I never will because it's against my religion and I guess you could call me somewhat religious. I don't even think I would drink anyways because of health and shit, so I didn't mind it at first. But now I've started realizing that it's almost as if there's a whole part of life that I'm missing out on, and being my paranoid self, I hate to think that I don't fit in or that I'll never be able to fully relate to anyone etc. So I mean I still will never drink, but it kind of bothers me that I can't be like everyone else. Unrelated, but I'm also not allowed to date anyone, so I feel generally the same way about that. It's like I've been living a completely different life than everyone. Whatever, I'll just learn to get over it someday, and thanks for hearing me waffle.


i have emetophobia aka the fear of vomiting so alcohol scares the living shit out of me


first time drinking I drank 5 pure tequila and a few Bacardi shots in a matter of 2 hours plus some cans of alcohol of some sort on a completely empty stomach<br>I don't make smart choices, let's just say I vomited like crazy and had a seizure type thing yiKESSSS

first time drinking I drank 5 pure tequila and a few Bacardi shots in a matter of 2 hours plus some cans of alcohol of some sort on a completely empty stomach
I don't make smart choices, let's just say I vomited like crazy and had a seizure type thing yiKESSSS


In nz the legal age to drink unaccompanied is 18 and accompanied is 16 but I'm pretty sure the cops are pretty loose with those rules if they catch you.
just realised that no one will cate about this comment woops

In nz the legal age to drink unaccompanied is 18 and accompanied is 16 but I'm pretty sure the cops are pretty loose with those rules if they catch you.
-just realised that no one will cate about this comment woops-


I'm American and alcohol is a huge part of the culture here.  I've rarely been out with friends who weren't drinking.  I'm 24 and I don't drink.  It's not that I've never had any alcohol, I was given drinks growing up, but I never understood the drive to drink something that burns my throat and that people inexplicably (to me anyway) rely on to have fun.  I'm perfectly fine being around my friends when they drink, but I am really uncomfortable when people try to convince me to drink as well (which luckily, my friends do not, but other people will).

Also, I remember when you posted Rainbow Poison on your patreon.  It's really good.


moonuary/lucy's vedj got me through january and u will get me through february


I could stop drinking but i live in Brazil and its Carnaval month.<br>I never puked after The booze but boooy, its kinda expensive.

I could stop drinking but i live in Brazil and its Carnaval month.
I never puked after The booze but boooy, its kinda expensive.


12 years sober!! (this is mainly because I'm 12 years of age and obviously can't drink yet) but yay i'm not an underage drinker


VEDIF VEDIF VEDIF VEDIF VEDIF VEDIF VEDIF I AM READY


we were just talking about this in health class


Im 14 and i drink but i hardly ever get drunk and some may say its stupid for me to drink at my age but usually at parties i have like one drink so considering my age i am quite responsible with the amount


I will stop drinking from friday, tomorrow I am just gonna celebrate that I passed my last exam periode :P


To me alcohol makes people less interesting. Is like the more they praise alcohol the lesser I want to know them.


Fucking vodka shots, man. I didn't know the damn jelly had vodka in it. I don't wanna think about that night omg


I think it would be difficult, but I dont have an alcohol problem, i hate alcohol its gross and makes you feel bad and makes your boyfriend almost cheat on you 🙃🙃🙃🙃, i guess its cuz im rather empathetic that i can guess how it would be. And, yes i hate how our society pressures people to drink, im in the UK so you'd expect me to get shitfaced on my 18th, right, nope i didnt even drink a single drop of alcohol, and i dont feel proud of myself or anything, alcohol is just something i dont want to be a part of


so many kids in my grade drink. I'm a freshman. help


Hello lovely people in the comments. I'm a 13 year old American girl from a small town in a Midwest state. All of my friends are already drinking often (their parents even allow them), and have been, and quite a few are already experimenting with drugs and cigarettes and such. I feel so inferior when they talk about all of this or how they got wasted last night. I've never even touched a cigarette, let alone a bottle of alcohol. I'm slowly being tempted to try it, and I know I shouldn't give in to peer pressure, but I just feel so- trapped. If you have any advice for me, I will gladly accept it. 💓


I HATE vomit so I don't see the fun in getting so drunk you end up vomiting.<br>(I even dislike writing the word).

I HATE vomit so I don't see the fun in getting so drunk you end up vomiting.
(I even dislike writing the word).


my top tip if u want to quit drinking drink urself to alcohol poisoning fall over break ur nose and 2 ribs vomit purple get covered in blood wake up in hospital and have a week long hangover (that i had to leave work early 5 days later from) that worked for me i maybe have a drink every 2-3 weeks now ps im 25 and quit when i was 21


I live in Ireland, and drinking is SUCH a big problem its so bad the pressure to start drinking really young is very evident think and you're boring and uncool if you don't drink which sucks :(


buckfast (aka Buckie) is the best, we drink it in Glasgow and its a caffeinated wine


I HATE ALCOHOL. I'm old enough to drink but I refuse. It doesn't bother me if others drink but it gives me bad memories and I fall into depression and it's not good. So alcohol is a no go.


I don't get why people purposely poison themselves to the point where they can't control themselves. I don't get why that sounds like fun. Also people say that alcohol tastes bad. Why do you people drink?


i plan on not drinking again any time soon because drunk me is extra depressed and tried to kill myself sooo


Not trying to be a dick or assume but something I learned is that if you can't go 30 days without alcohol then you're probably an alcoholic. Love you very much!!!!


i thought that british people drank tea oh whoopsies sorry doddle


Russia.
I hate this feeling. I hate to be drunk, I scare of loosing control.
I really don't love taste of alcohol.
That's why I've never have one over the eight)
Only sweet small beer with my friends or half a glass of champagne at New Year)

you are... different from most russians LOL


just wondering, what does VEDA/VEDIF mean?  I wasn't here until 2015 lol

VEDIF stands for Video Every Day In February (VEDA is Video Every Day in August)

VEDA is Video Every Day in August and VEDIF is Video Every Day In February


I hate who some people turn into when they drink alcohol.


I've never drank and plan to never ever start. 100% not interested


I really do not understand why people need to drink in the first place. I mean what is the point of consuming alcohol if all is does is harm your body. Like if you want to have fun with your friends then you necessarily do not have to drink do tht. ~From a girl who really does not understand the point of drinking.


I'm so happy/proud of you Dodie! Taking care of yourself is so important and rarely done and I'm so glad you're taking the time to make sure you're okay xoxo


Good luck with both the month off from drinking and the daily vlogging. I did more than my share of drinking in my teens and 20s, but got tired of it in my early 30s and stopped. It's been about 12 years and I think about starting up again every now and then, but my memory of it is probably a lot more fun that the reality would be. I have two more tips that may seem obvious, but should be mentioned: 1. Don't drive or do anything else potentially dangerous when you're not sober and 2. If you're drinking around a group of people who you don't know/trust, have someone on hand who you do trust and who will be staying sober.


This is so brave and uhonest of you Dodie, and I am really looking forward to spending this month watching your videos every day :)


i used to consider myself "straight edge" or some sort of variation and wanted to wait with drinking till i was at least 18 and comfortable (or just, never drink). my friends started drinking way before me but i didn't let myself be pressured into joining them since i had reasons not to drink. (okay like i was scared of losing control over myself and i was scared i would develop a problem) i slowly started feeling more comfortable with the concept of alcohol and on my 17th birthday i had my first beer. i continued to drink throughout that week (we were on a trip in edinburgh) and i always felt very tipsy/drunk from that one beer a night which was so much fun. i realised that this is actually a really nice feeling and it made me feel very happy (which i know isn't always a good sign) but i started drinking with other friends and had a great time. the first time i drank vodka i exaggerated a little and had like 3 shots on a more or less empty stomach (bad decision) and i threw up lots and felt shit the next day. i think i learned my lesson then and i always try to know and take care of my limits when drinking and im also very lucky to drink with people who take care of my consumption and know my limits, too. i drink very very rarely since we don't have alcohol at home and exams are a thing and i feel pretty good about the way i drink. i think it was just a matter of feeling more mature and being able to handle drinking.


i love how you are so open about these things, like these videos help me and so many others. especially your anxiety, depression and depersonilastion one. you are such a great person and you helped me understand me more


I found myself using both food and alcohol to cope with my feelings a lot, so this year I have started eating healthier and having max 1 alcoholic drink a day. I think I've had two drinks all year so far, so it's working out pretty well!


I'm 4 years sober and it is 1 of the best decisions I've made in my life. I was depending too much on alcohol for my self esteem issues and that was wrong. I would never look down on anyone who does drink but for me, I had to learn how to love myself the way I am. So happy for you doddie that you have decided to quit for awhile.


I've taken a break from having any drinks for a month once, too for my health- it feels great! You can do it!


I've grown up in Switzerland, where the drinking amongst the youth isn't such a massive thing. At 16 you can legally drink beer, cider, wine and some alco-pops. At 18 you can drink everything. Getting drunk was never something teens were obsessed over. Yes, we'd have a drink in a social situation but it was never to the extreme. I recently moved to England for uni and I was shocked by the change in culture and approach to alcohol. It seems odd to me that teens and young adults feel the need to get absolutely smashed just for the sake of it. It sometimes makes me feel quite isolated because I do not feel that same urge, and I am surround by so many people drinking to the extreme. I don't let the pressure to drink get to me, but I can understand how and why others may feel that way.


Yay! A Vlog every day! Looking forward to that and seing you getting better!
I drank alcohol on a regular basis (like once or twice a week) when I started studying at college...
Then, in the first part of 2016 I had so many bad alcoholic memories that I'm keeping it down since last July. I'm now very careful in how much I want to put into my tum-tum, and I hope I will manage to keep that spirit up!
Good luck! :)


I'm really proud of both you and Lucy (even if that sounds weird bc I don't know you personally) And honestly I really wish you the best of luck this month


I'm French, I drink alcohol when I'm having a party, but I want to have a party 2 times a week. And this video is pretty cool because I asked myself 2 days ago "am I becoming alcoholic", so, it's cool too talk about this with you !
Also I know that if I don't get drunk for 2 weeks, I start to be depressed
But because of a real depression, inside my brain, even if all the things in my life are going great.
But, the life is hard sometimes and sad, so it's good to find a way to feel a little bit... better for just few hours
Love your work, thank you for all the things ur doing
You make me feel better, and you help me when I'm going down
❤


Hope your decision brings you bliss, Dodie! It is kind of strange how many societies normalize drinking copious amounts of alcohol. Btw, I much prefer the title you chose versus the one you considered in the description box; thanks for taking the time to consider it!


i started drinking when I was 15. I'm currently 17 and only drink if someone gives me a drink. I'm from the UK so I can't buy my own drinks until I'm 18. but at 17, I drink at least 5 to 6 cans of alcohol when at a party and take any alcohol if it gets offered to me...it scares me to think what I'll be like when I'm 18. And I'm really proud of you Dodie!! Good luck!


I feel like throughout my adult life, I had a pretty good relationship with alcohol. But recently, I noticed that I drink specifically to forget my daily worries and emotions. Seeing this video makes me thing that this is not quite right, but currently, I don't see myself stopping. What do you do, when you think you can stop whenever you want, but yet you don't really want to stop?


In Sweden, where I live, alcohol is such a big part of social interaction and student life that any possible suggestion a  person might have problem is met with scorn, disbelief and another drink. I'm such a control freak, I can't stand the feeling of being even lightly buzzed, and I never have. But this has always made me stand out in a really bad way. So not many good experiences here.

 But I really commend you for testing to see if you have a problem. Hope we'll see how you do, and your thoughts along the way. <3


I love these videos. But I can't join on stopping drinking bc I have never started. I'll be able to buy alcohol after my bday this month but knowing me I doubt I will. I guess I'm afraid I'd lose control and I'd rather not drink while my brains are still develloping (till the age of 26). But each their own. I hope you and Lucy succeed in your plans x


I'm literally the mum of my entire acquaintance circle, and I think it's good to have a 'mum' of the group, whether you're at a house party where alcohol has no price, or if you're out and you risk putting yourself in danger/just really embarrassing yourself. I'm not opposed to drinking, but certain spirits/ too much can make me feel really dizzy, without giving me any other 'drunk' symptoms, which is shit, and so I tend to spend the night alternating between cider and water, (generally two water to one cider, but it depends on where I am etc). Anyway, I'm always the one checking if anyone needs water etc and I do think it's really important to have someone 'responsible' with you whenever you're drinking, as long as it's someone who's in that position willingly, and will still have as much fun as the rest of you when you're all out and they're the only one sober


Good luck dodie! Im 18 and i love alcohol but drink when im alone and depressed which is not good and i've realised that but it just makes me feel something. I would give up for feb with you but i know lame excuse its my first actual night out in town on saturday and me and my work peeps are going to a cocktail bar and honestly im not drinking alone and im going to have 1 maybe 2, but going overboard really scares me when other people are around. I managed a month and a bit of not drinking alone when i was depressed till last saturday woops. Im going to try my absolute best in february not to drink alone when im depressed because i think thats where my issue is when it comes to alcohol. Im extremely excited for vedif and i cannot wait for so much content and if it gets too stressful to keep it up everyday or if you end up drinking its okay to just take a break and we all still love and appreciate you and you haven't let yourself down, because trying it is a lot better than not trying at all! Love you dodie :) xx


i'm glad you're making this decision before you actually start developping a life-shattering acohol problem. i don't understand depending on alcohol to feel better, but i've lived through the consequences when someone in your life does it. i still do, to be honest. take care of yourself, be happy, drink some juice. cheers.


Nice Dodie! You know what, I'll join you in this sober adventure ^^ This will be so god damn tough, but we can do it <b>enthusiastic voice</b> xD I suppose you will update us in your next videos, so I'll do the same :3 Good luck :)

Nice Dodie! You know what, I'll join you in this sober adventure ^^ This will be so god damn tough, but we can do it *enthusiastic voice* xD I suppose you will update us in your next videos, so I'll do the same :3 Good luck :)


your makeup and hair looks amazing x and as normal you're beautiful


After living my short life surrounded by alchohol from an alchoholic mother alchohol is lowkey a trigger kindaa so i kinda get defensive or concerned (?) over videos like this, but my mum has been sober for 10 months now and i'm really proud of her so that kinda adds to my concern hahh. I give you the best of luck Dodie!! 💗


This is weird, I was thinking about doing this anyway and you're encouraging me more.
I've noticed recently that my relationship with alcohol is getting more an more unhealthy, and I'm becoming more dependent on it. Since I moved to uni I'm within walking distance of town so I never ever go out and have to stay sober because I'm driving (which is lethal). Also it's been a bit of a tough month because my friend was diagnosed with cancer. My boyfriend recently said that when I drink I no longer know when to stop, and I just keep going, like I want to lose myself - he's not wrong. Last Saturday I got sooooooo drunk (my Twitter shows it so badly oh god @pianosandtea have a giggle), but it was scary drunk. I ran away from my friends, we were leaving anyway but something was going on with my other drunk friend, and I just got up and left without anyone noticing. I only walked back to my boyfriend's which is like 5-10 minutes but it was terrifying. I kept hearing people and I was really paranoid that something was going to happen. Then I got to the door and didn't have my key. This is when shit got super weird. I started hallucinating. I could hear voices, out loud, but when I turned around to look, they stopped. This really really scared me. My dad is schizophrenic and suffers mainly from auditory hallucinations, which get worse when he drinks (he's also an alcoholic). My grandad drank himself to death and I think that may be because he had PTSD from the war. I don't want to end up like them and I don't want to be so dependent on alcohol that it upsets other people.
I'm very scared to stop though. Recently I haven't been able to sleep without drinking. There's a bottle of cider on my floor right now which I'm thinking about.


I'm 21 and never tried it or wanted to drink alcohol. One hand my parents do it and I seem to feel bothered about how they act once they do. And the other hand I feel like I myself could get addicted to it. I might use it as an excuse to be happy since I have a problem with anxiety and get very sad at myself many days.. So it's the best if I don't ever drink alcohol lol. And good on you Dodie! Happy to hear your thoughts and love your videos♥


i'll be 21 in march and for many months now have been telling all my friends and family, who constantly ask to take me out for my birthday, that i have no desire. my sister offers me tastes of her occasional alcohol and i won't have it. it's boils down to smell and anxiety: i won't put in my body what smells awful and i get extremely anxious around tipsy/drunk people and so why put myself at risk for that? BUT that doesn't mean i think i'm better than people who drink, and i don't think i'm special for swearing off alcohol until further notice. i do think it's sad that people around me require alcohol for fun and i hope at least in my no-alcohol adulthood i can help them see it's NOT required, but that doesn't mean i'll stop them from having a glass or beer or two if we go for a meal. proud of you dodie, for recognizing the issue and committing to change! <3


i belive you can do it !! both my parents had alcohol a lot and i heard them once say it almost caused them to split apart, but now they are both over a year sober


last year i was in the uk for a semester (erasmus program) and what i have realized is that university social life in the uk is mostly about alcohol. every week me and my friends went out at least 2 times to pubs or clubs and we were drinking and getting drunk. i have had crazy experiences and drank so much.  the next morning we were texting each other about our hangovers from our beds but we did it again and again just like everybody we have met during our study abroad. although i had amazing 4 months, if i wouldnt come back to my own country i am pretty sure i would become an alcoholic.


recently at uni we had a talk too about how much people in this course drank, and i was ... shocked? i don't drink a lot, and neither do my groups of friends. i am 21 (it's legal to drink at 16/18 here) and have never been that drunk that i'd had a hangover. but i do like to drink sometimes when i am out, just because i like the taste.<br>i think it's awesome that you're trying out to not drink for a month - to be quite honest, drinking every night DOES sound like it's unhealthy. after all, alcohol is poison to your body, which is kinda obvious seeing how it reacts to it. glad you're taking care of yourself, dodie :)

recently at uni we had a talk too about how much people in this course drank, and i was ... shocked? i don't drink a lot, and neither do my groups of friends. i am 21 (it's legal to drink at 16/18 here) and have never been that drunk that i'd had a hangover. but i do like to drink sometimes when i am out, just because i like the taste.
i think it's awesome that you're trying out to not drink for a month - to be quite honest, drinking every night DOES sound like it's unhealthy. after all, alcohol is poison to your body, which is kinda obvious seeing how it reacts to it. glad you're taking care of yourself, dodie :)


hello dodie! doubt you will read this but, i really hope you do. i have personally lived and live with an alcoholic and, i just want to help expel some of the stigma. alcoholism doesn't always look like some drunken figure drinking day and night abusing everyone around them and being a total burden. alcoholism can look like taking a few shots right before bed because you can't get through the night without it. it can look like unable to get through rough times without a drink. it can look like a few glasses of wine every single night. please be wary when you drink. alcoholism isn't obvious and blatant. it can happen slowly and sneakily. You started drinking at a pretty young age so please be careful. it is awesome that you have become aware of it now so you can control it for the future. though it may seem strange, but i really care about your health! despite how it feels drinking actually can worsen your depression and mental illness. i really care and love you dodie. please take this month to figure out how to cope healthfully without alcohol and figure out stuff about yourself. you are so amazing! thank you for all of the work you do! ❤


I'm too young to drink but my dad let me have the tiniest sip of some hard lemonade (basically lemonade with alcohol in it) and I just didn't like the taste. Also drunk Dodie is adorable


Good goal!
I remember after the US election I had some alcohol every night for two weeks with some days being just a drink and others a bit more, then just took an entire week with no alcohol.
I try really hard to have a balance, since I do enjoy the flavor of some alcohols and cocktails. So I made myself some personal rules, such as don't get a drink if you know it will be mediocre, also occasionally just take events where I choose not to have any alcohol that night ahead of time.
I once went on a anti-depressant where I couldn't drink, so I just drank water or mocktails, and if someone asked me why, I would say it's because I'm on medication.

I try to be so careful with my relationship with alcohol because I have a strong history of alcoholism on both sides of my family. Most of my friends have a more relaxed relationship with alcohol. Though I know some people who felt they had to lie about driving or whatever to feel like they could get out of drinking. And of course I just told them to be honest, that you don't want to drink tonight.


Never had alcohol, will probably drink it when I'm of age, and as long as it doesn't cause you to hurt others, or yourself and you drink it in moderation who cares? Also thank you for the tips dodie, will try to remember them.


I was four when my grandfather let my brother and I try a capful of beer and I just AGH it's nasty. I also don't really like wine, I've gotten tiny sips of it. But I've never gotten drunk so that's good. So I've been sober for life, 13 years. 👌🏼👏🏼
Also, I thought she was talking about Dan Howell and I was like, he goes outside without Phil? Maybe they'll both go? Then I saw "Daniel" and I was like JUST KIDDING YOU ARE SUCH A-UGH
Anyways, love you Dodie and am super excited to see you every day of August. I believe in you Dodie, and it's best to start small with your lil promise of the month

                               toodles, Dods!


It's really cool that you're doing this for yourself. Here's my opinion on how to tell if it's a problem- if it's affecting your job/relationships (of all sorts)/physical state really negatively. If you're a very shy person you might use alcohol in social situations to make you more socially fluent. If you feel like you have an issue even if you don't apply to any of these things, make sure to pay attention to that. My phrase that I like to think about is "everything in moderation" (obviously not everything but you get the point).


I really hope you can do this, my mum was an alcoholic and she also drank everyday thinking it was normal. I'm pretty sure you're not tho  :)))


Yeah, if you drink every day, that might mean you've got a problem. Proud of you to stop! Good luck!<br>Also, from an experienced drinker: those tips are really good, I can confirm that all of them work wonders :)

Yeah, if you drink every day, that might mean you've got a problem. Proud of you to stop! Good luck!
Also, from an experienced drinker: those tips are really good, I can confirm that all of them work wonders :)


i live in Australia and recently got my RSA (Responsible Service of Alcohol) certificate to help me get a job. here the legal drinking age is 18, but Australia is so similar to England in that most of the country are drinkers and many are heavy drinkers. the woman teaching the course asked us to raise our hands if we'd had a drink underage and every single person - including herself - did. then the woman said, "and that's okay, it's part of our culture to have a drink." wtf? that doesn't seem like Response Service of Alcohol to me?<br>i've been to parties where if someone says "im not drinking" someone immediately replies "why not?" and i hate that that's how we treat people who try to make a positive change in their lives. my boyfriend's a diabetic and he had to stop drinking a month before his 21st birthday. whenever he's asked what he wants to do he says "get hammered" because that's what he was looking forward to the most. not seeing his family and friends, not any presents he might receive, just drinking.

i live in Australia and recently got my RSA (Responsible Service of Alcohol) certificate to help me get a job. here the legal drinking age is 18, but Australia is so similar to England in that most of the country are drinkers and many are heavy drinkers. the woman teaching the course asked us to raise our hands if we'd had a drink underage and every single person - including herself - did. then the woman said, "and that's okay, it's part of our culture to have a drink." wtf? that doesn't seem like Response Service of Alcohol to me?
i've been to parties where if someone says "im not drinking" someone immediately replies "why not?" and i hate that that's how we treat people who try to make a positive change in their lives. my boyfriend's a diabetic and he had to stop drinking a month before his 21st birthday. whenever he's asked what he wants to do he says "get hammered" because that's what he was looking forward to the most. not seeing his family and friends, not any presents he might receive, just drinking.


I drink occasionally, but when I start to feel the effects (which takes a lot bc I'm a heavyweight lmao) <br>Like on New Year's Eve I drank, but didn't get drunk and was sober by like 11pm 😂

I drink occasionally, but when I start to feel the effects (which takes a lot bc I'm a heavyweight lmao)
Like on New Year's Eve I drank, but didn't get drunk and was sober by like 11pm 😂


i saw the title and immediately thought of rainbow rain!! id love if you redid it or published the other version !!


i am really against alcohol (but am totally fine with other people drinking it, just i don't think i will drink alcohol) because my family is full of heavy drinkers and i have awful memories of them acting nothing at all like they are when they're drunk and that has really scared me and scarred me. but that's just my personal experience/opinion


well? i do live in Australia and here we drink beer and stuff all the time. I don't because I'm underage but workmen will have a drink all the time during the day and that's completely normal. it's great that you're doing this and I don't think you have a drinking problem so either way is gud. happy February!


I moved to Dublin recently and everybody drinks almost every single night, a night out or any social gathering is considered incomplete without alcohol and initially i wouldn't drink much (because i kept forgetting to buy it lolz) but then i started drinking more than before and drank every night for a straight week, then i decided to stop drinking for a while and now whenever i do its usually just a cider or one glass of win, but the culture here is really centred around alcohol and it's not possible for most people to separate fun and alcohol from each other, similar to London I imagine


considering i'm 15 the only time i ever really <b>had</b> alcohol was when i received my first communion and it was pretty gross. then again, its prob not the best quality stuff out there lmao, i'll see how i feel about it when i'm of age ^-^

considering i'm 15 the only time i ever really *had* alcohol was when i received my first communion and it was pretty gross. then again, its prob not the best quality stuff out there lmao, i'll see how i feel about it when i'm of age ^-^


I'm American, and I personally feel like in my life my parents were pretty fine with drinking. When I turned 18 this past August I got their permission to drink as I want since I'm in college. Mom bought me some wine coolers. Dad offered his scotch. Wine. Nothing was really my thing. But my immediate family all have their things when it comes to alcohol. Dad drinks craft beers and fancy scotch. Mom drinks sweet wines. Sister drinks mixed drinks and nice tasting things. Brother does shots of Fireball. I have gotten tipsy once or twice, but I only got shit faced around new years. My first house party. But I didn't really have all that much alcohol, a shot, and a hard lemonade thing. But I mixed smoking weed with that, and yeah it was a bad night. I  couldn't eat all I could do was drink as much water as I could get my hands on. Since then I mostly just stick to smoking. Even then it's once in a blue moon that I even do that. Really proud of you!


My father and his entire family all really struggled with alcoholism. My Papaw not really struggling and more... submitting.
So, with the knowledge that my family has a history of substance abuse, I will probably not consume alcohol any time soon.
Also I'm afraid of what Drunk me would do. So there's that as well.


You know, there's a national campaign in Belgium that's called "Tourné Minerale" that is encouraging everybody to stop drinking for a month. Over 100.000 people have joined up for it which is actually quite a lot of you consider that Belgium has only about 11.000.000 inhabitants. It's funny that she decides to do it this month like the campaign here (it's probably because it's the shortest month of the year but whatevs)


I love dodie and love to hear more about her life and the way she lives. The way she does things, its so inspiring for me. to know there is a person who kind of thinks like you. I am. big fan of dodie for about 2 years now. I am just in love with her personality and voice. I hope you can get through this month, and love to hear more stories about your life. im always scared to put my oppinions like this out there. I just mainly want her to see it. I want her to know that she has helped me to get where I am. Im bi, and I mainly came out when she did. She showed me not tp be afriad of what people think. You are who you are. Dont let people bring you down. I love her alot, and I only wish the best for her. I hope she sees this, because you have helped me through my darkest times. ♥♥♡ (If any people reading this wanna message me. My instagram is @jessica.morgan1036 )


I think there are a few problems with Lucy's video and your video regarding whether or not you are both "alcoholics".

1. There are certain signs and symptoms that people with alcohol dependency get. These include other people being concerned that they are drinking too much, feeling annoyed when people question them about their alcohol intake or asking them to cut down, feeling guilty when they drink or after they have done something they regret when drunk, and needing an 'eye-opener' in the morning, ie needing a drink first thing in the morning in order to function properly throughout the day.
Just because you feel you need alcohol to have fun does not mean you have alcohol dependency or are an alcoholic.
2. As far as I understand you and Lucy do not have a medical background so I don't think it's a great idea for you to suggest that other people give up drinking for a month. It isn't a problem for people who do not have alcohol dependency, but there may be a few people in your audiences who are dependent on alcohol, and for them to suddenly stop drinking can be very dangerous. Alcohol withdrawal can be serious as it can cause seizures etc and anyone who has alcohol dependency should cut down their drinking slowly rather than just going cold turkey.
3. I appreciate that you don't enjoy the way you feel after you have had too much to drink and you feel you can't control your alcohol intake but I would suggest speaking to your GP or another healthcare professional instead of just following information you have found online or through a friend. If there are any concerns then these are best managed by someone with a medical background, rather than for you to try and go through this alone.

I'm saying this as a medical student (currently on a GI ward rotation so there are a lot of patients with alcohol problems that I see), so I do have some knowledge on the matter. I think especially if you are using alcohol to manage your mental health problems you should speak to your GP or therapist if you have one. I hope everything works out ok for you and you are able to manage fine throughout this month without alcohol.


honestly I'm terrified of alcohol. I'm 16 and no one in my family drinks and I've never drank but I'm scared that the minute I start drinking there'll be no end.


good luck dodie!! you can do it!!!

i've never had alcohol and i never plan on drinking it because the idea of being intoxicated & not having total control over my actions is kind of scary to me? i don't actually know how alcohol/any other kind of intoxicaty substance would affect me but i just don't want to try. also i come from a muslim family & no one in my family has had alcohol so i probably have a really low tolerance anyway lol.

i live in a big city in america (seattle) so drinking isn't viewed as bad here. however, in jordan, where my family is from, drinking is really bad bc the majority of people there are muslim and no one drinks alcohol.


Living at university has basically dragged me deeper into the world of alcohol. I started out drinking way too much and vomiting up bile and water on the night or next day and feeling incredibly rough the entire time. Now i've got into the habit of finding a balance. I drink lots of water before bed and if i'm feeling extra drunk I usually eat a slice of dry bread and it helps me! Some days obviously I get back drunk and dont think to do all this, so sober me usually leaves some paracetamol and water next to my bed :D Now i'm mostly fine with it and taking bigger breaks between nights out!


incredibly excited for vedif!!! love you


Jut seeing dodie's adorable little face in my inbox made me so so happy!!! And to find out about vedif !!! Yayyaysyyay


I've been waiting to watch this video the whole day and it did not disappoint


Dodie, I'm coming to tour and I'm wondering what merch will be on sale! Are you making new intertwined merch or is the merch you currently have?? Xxx


In Brighton it's extremely normalised, to the point where me taking a step back from alcohol is seen as bizarre, and we're not even students! I don't get sick but I do black out and it terrifies me, I have no control and I wake up the next morning having no idea what I've done the night before. I am taking a step back to re-evaluate my relationship with alcohol


I don't drink because it killed one of my dads friends.. my aunt is an alcoholic and also my own fathers insides were literally bleeding once because he drank too much. I have nothing against people who drink if they do it in moderation but yeah, my experiences have been bad and putting poison in my body isn't gonna help 😂😂❤ proud of you dodes


I'm 21 and never had alcohol and never will because of my religion :) Watching this is kinda surreal though, because it's introducing me to a side of the world I've never been in lol


Definitely looking forward to this month


I drink rarely (like 2 times a year) but each time I always take it slightly too far and end up cuddling my toilet for the rest of the night (curse you drinking games!) but I'm always good the day after, never really had a hangover before.


I am the only one of my friends (we're 14/15) who hasn't ever drunk alcohol. I was quite proud of myself at first but now they all pick on me and take the piss about it. I'm not so sure how to feel bc I want to try it as it looks quite fun and exciting, yet I don't bc i think I'm happy enough without it.


once i haven't eaten all day and in the evening i had a beer (with just like 4.5% acl.) with my parents and then i got really tipsy and kinda stumbled back to my room... it was weird 😂


I feel like in this country (the same country as dodie) wanton drunkenness is just assumed to be the norm at any social event, especially among the young. I celebrated my eighteenth in a foreign country and how did we celebrate? Found a rock bar and sampled the local liquor (pisco is vile, by the way, I do not recommend it). Despite not being a drinker, I've still managed to enjoy myself on nights out; I suspect the entertainment comes far more from the schadenfreude of seeing one's friends drunk than anything else, and my nights did end earlier than most of my friends's. I don't really have a point here, but good luck!

It's hard to break any habits, especially with something that is physically addicting, but with strength of will and enough distraction you can overcome anything. Making a daily vlog, even if you spend each one moaning about how much you miss alcohol, will help!


In Argentina (Buenos Aires, where I live) drinking starts being legal at 18, but no one really cares. Like if you look like 17 or older, they'll sell it to you (or if they know you). ALSO, we have like clubs where if you are (or sometimes look) 16 years  old or older you can come in and buy drinks too. Like 16 is the normal age to get drunk for the first time.


I don't drink, but I think it would still be healthy for me to give up something I'm somewhat dependent on for 28 days (jesus, that's a long time)


My problem with acohol used to be that I got really depressed and had really bad thoughts. I liked getting drunk and it was fun and I hugged everyone and I felt so good but soon after that I got really sad and suicidal, I had to stop. I didn't drink for a year and I actually learned how to have fun without alcohol and without that sad feeling and it was so much better (although I always had to be with someone I knew because of anxiety). Nowaday, I occasionally drink - however, I have to be with someone I know really well and who can care for me (boyfriend, best friend). I like being tipsy, because I feel more comfortable and have a smaller social anxiety and it feels great. I don't have headaches and I don't feel sick and I am having fun.
What I actually want to say is, that it is okay not to drink or drink less than others. Sometime there are people who will 'force' you to drink (or smoke etc) and it is so very okay to say no. Do it for yourself and do what makes you happy. Drinking is fun but yeah, just do it for your own pleasure and don't let anyone force you. And please, if you feel sad or even suicidal than tell it to some of your friends and don't leave the party/bar.. alone.
And Doddie, I hope you will be successfull and I feel very proud of you that you want to find out if you have a problem or not, I think that it is the first step to becoming aware of what you are doing. Love you! <3


I'm not opposed to getting drunk, but I just don't like the taste of alcohol. It's kind of ridiculous, but it does make it hard to make friends in uni, because alcohol and parties are so prominent in today's social interactions.


I'm 16, but I had red and white wine on a trip to Germany (with dinner, obvs), and I realized two things: 1) white wine gives me horrific violent nightmares and 2) I'm tiny, and two glasses makes me dissociate. Badly. So in general I'm a tea person.


well, I had one of those things when I was really young when I was left alone with alcohol and I downed a load of it... happy days!


I find it really difficult to find a nice drunken point. I go from 0 to 100 so quick - so I either end up bored or shit faced😩


This is gonna be really long WHOOPS but I only started drinking when I got to college and those jello (jelly?) shots kill me every time. I'll have like 20 in a night and hate myself the next day. BUT those are not as bad as skittles vodka/jungle juice because sugary stuff makes me sick every single time so don't drink too much of that stuff ever. Being drunk is only fun to me if I'm tipsy and after I pass that point I'm miserable every time. So I might actually stay sober this month with you Dodie :)


I'm not at legal drinking age yet and I've already determined I'm never going to have alcohol. My dad has alcoholism problems, and when he drinks...he isn't himself. I don't want my future husband/wife/children (yes I'm bi! Bi-five!) to feel the fear I do every time my dad drinks. I wouldn't put anybody through that. The idea of drinking emotions away disgusts me.


I don't have a problem with alcohol, I can go on not drinking for months, or I'll drink every weekend, but I have a problem with myself. What I mean my thins is that there are like 2-3 times a year where I get dead drunk. Usually around these times, my anxiety kicks off, I'm under way too much pressure, feeling down and depressed, and getting drunk is like the cherry on top, the one thing I use as a restart button to push all of the negativity out of myself and right after that hungover I start to "get my shit together" in life, and with work and uni and everything I think it's a problem at that point in my life.<br>So, there's that.. :)

I don't have a problem with alcohol, I can go on not drinking for months, or I'll drink every weekend, but I have a problem with myself. What I mean my thins is that there are like 2-3 times a year where I get dead drunk. Usually around these times, my anxiety kicks off, I'm under way too much pressure, feeling down and depressed, and getting drunk is like the cherry on top, the one thing I use as a restart button to push all of the negativity out of myself and right after that hungover I start to "get my shit together" in life, and with work and uni and everything I think it's a problem at that point in my life.
So, there's that.. :)


I'm from Spain and we party hard in here. However, I don't normally drink, and if I do, not a lot, and I've never gotten a 'bad' reaction to it. Not even when I was a teenager (15 I think) and I went to a 'botellón' (a thing young people do where they go to a park to get drunk, basically) because my friends wanted and it was the cool thing to do. I didn't drink and no one batted an eye.

I barely ever drink because, while I like the buzz too and how I'm a lot less inhibited, I hate when you start turning your head and your eyes take a bit longer to focus.

Also, I want to stress how important is to drink water after you drink alcohol (or during). In my 23 (almost 24 yikes) years of life I've drunk 'heavily' 3 times and only really felt hungover once, and it was the only time I didn't drink water!


hmmm ive always stayed away from alcohol in my whole life (currently 17) because i find that its not something i want to spend my time and my (parents') money on, let alone the negative effects it has on one's health. i would still go to a bar with my friends but id just get water or orange juice, after all if i know i don't want to drink, it's all up to me, right?


its always so weird for me when im watching these teeny movies in wich they get drunk...or even those vids of buzz feed when they kinda 'test' drunk people...because here in austria literally nobody would get drunk of the stuff they are drinkin...when u r twelve youve at least tried some kind of alcohol once...and going out at the age of 15 gets more normal every year...i guess it also depends a bit on if u r living in a city or not... (also dont really support this) (still coming from a sixteen year old whos got plans for this weekend lol)


what pisses me off about alcohol is the glamour society created around it and how other drugs are seen as bum thing, while for me the reason people use any of these drugs is the same (have fun/escaping reality)


I'm 15 this month and have only drank once, and it was great at the time of drinking it but the morning after was a complete nightmare, I was sick so much, but it wasn't actual sick it was just liquid? It was horrible. Does this happen every time or just the first time? I don't want it to happen again, but I also don't want to always be the sober one at parties because of my fear of the morning after.


Evan laughing at dodie vomiting at 0:47 is the only thing I need to survive


the first time I got drunk I started screaming I write sins not tragedies and I called my friend a my chemical romance reject. I then went onto get home while everyone thought I was still sober until I got to the top of my drive and I threw up and then walked into a tree.


As someone who lives in the USA and is currently a college student who lives in a college town, alcohol and weed are kind of a big part of the culture. Thankfully I've mostly been very responsible, I've never gotten blackout drunk. And I never want to be blackout drunk. I have gotten sick a couple of times and immediately regretted it. Hasn't happened again since.

What's going to be weird is that I'm taking a semester off, so I really won't be drinking for a good 6 months or so (because I'm not 21 yet). And I'm fine with that. I only drink socially, and I'm not dependent on it.


Definitely not my poison of choice. It has always scared me because alcohol can have very lethal consequences. Whereas something like marijuana, physiologically doesn't have inherent lethal consequences. The amount and the frequency with which people drink (or smoke) definitely concerns me as neither are good for your health. I definitely recommend doing more research and learning what the effects are on your biology... it'll help scare you away!


alcohol honestly terrifies me. both of my grandfathers had quite the issue with it, and while i never had to experience those horrible sides of them, my parents did. besides that obvious reason, the idea of losing control is very scary to me. since drunkenness usually includes forgetting everything from the night before, i'm a bit appalled and sincerely confused as to why people enjoy drinking. i understand having a drink or two doesn't mean you have to get wasted, but even so, the tipsiness is still worrying for me to think about. anyway dodz, can't wait to see you tomorrow 😁 sorry this kinda became a bit of a letter. i hope you're well xx


Legal drinking age here in Belgium is 16, so that means I can drink, which I think is terrifying... I hear stories from people of my age (16-17) getting wasted every weekend, they spend all their money on cheap beer, wine and vodka. But that's not my cup of tea, so people consider me 'weird' because I don't like the idea of being drunk. I've seen too many people suffer from alcohol and I can have more than enough fun without drinking.


AYYYYY IM SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!! It's also my birthday so I'm vvv happy about this video :)


I recommend taking a whiskey testibg class. Since I got hooked on smoky single malts  everything else seems watery and gross, and sipping scotch takes forever to get drunk...


In Australia it's kinda expected you get shitfaced on your 18th and at a lot of parties. There's a VERY strong drinking culture and some people often get judged when they don't drink, I know I used to ask people like "You're not DRINKING???" but now I realise that two years ago all of us used to have fun before we were drinking alcohol so why the sudden change? Why do we NEED it to have fun? Like it makes you feel good, but it doesn't take very much to have TOO much, and most people (at parties i go to anyway) are drinking intentionally TO get VERY INCREDIBLY DRUNK, not just for a bit of a buzz. Recently, I haven't been drinking so much since I had an 18th party I went to where I drank heaps of vodka with cordial AND then got so drunk that I sculled some straight vodka and then kinda blacked out for the rest of the night and vomited in my bed. I have friends who are the same age as you who can't drink barely at all  anymore because they've already damaged their livers in 4-5 years of drinking. I don't think alcohol is a bad thing by any means, but I think there's a line between being dependant on it to have a good  time and using it to feel that buzz to enhance socialising and having fun with friends. I still drink, just not as much as I used to, and in moderation. I feel like society tends to make me forget all the things I learnt in PDHPE about safe drinking because you're EXPECTED to do the opposite.


I feel like I have the complete opposite problem because I really don't want to drink alcohol. Im 18 next year and all my family keep going on about the fact that soon I'll be able to go out and get drunk whenever I want but at the moment I don't feel like I ever will want to do that. I've never been drunk so part of me thinks that I should try it so I can make sure I don't like it but other than getting slightly tipsy so I feel happy, I don't see any benefits to getting drunk. I also don't feel like I need to get drunk to have a good time and I don't want to ruin what could be a great night by getting so drunk that I throw up and have a headache for the next day. Ahhh I feel like this is so hard to explain to my family because every time I kind of approach the topic it's just met with rolled eyes or "you'll change your mind." Does anyone else feel like this at all cos at the moment I feel like it's only me?


even when you just vomited, you are still so stinking cute <3


I'm 16 and I've just started drinking but very occasionally. I found that when i do have a drink i'll want more and more and it's very disorientating. I know i'm only young so i'm hoping that this goes away and when i mature a little i can control myself. However this may not happen and everything will go to shit OH WELL


I live in the Netherlands and I'm a student. I don't drink at all and almost every social activity revolves around alcohol. Also, I feel like a lot of the daily conversations in uni are solely about sharing experiences with alcohol. Not drinking is challenging since I do want to be social and participate in events, but people assume that because I don't drink I can't have fun at all and it's always a super big issue. People try to make me drink, even after I've clearly stated that I don't want to. To be clear: I'm totally okay with other people drinking and having fun with alcohol, I'd just like to not be pressured to drink.

lovelybeats exactly! I respect their choice to drink as well, I wish it could be the other way around sometimes...

Nadia Buiter I found one non-drinker in my first week of college, but he started drinking too, because he was peer pressured into it...It's so weird that drinking is such an important part of our culture. I wish people would just respect each other's choices.

lovelybeats Nice to know I'm not the only one! It even took me more than a year to find a fellow non-drinker 🙈.

Nadia Buiter Yes, I have the exact same problem. I'm also a student in the Netherlands and according to many other students drinking alcohol and getting drunk equals having fun. And people just don't seem to get why I don't drink. They literally think I can't have fun, because I don't drink. Also, many of my fellow students keep insisting that I should drink. It's very annoying.


Congratulations to dodie's friends! You now how a dd for the next month!


I don't judge others for drinking, it's there or your own choice, personally I don't drink (I'm nearly 20) which many people find weird or ironic as I work as a barmaid. I just wish people would be more responsible or safer when drinking, especially because of how some people can be when drunk (some can be scary). Anyway I'm sure you'll do brilliantly, if you fail or slip up just try again. x


I've never been drunk bc I don't drink lol reason being: a) I've had a sips of various alcoholic drinks and they all taste disgusting and b) I don't ever want to depend on a substance to feel better. I'm a very obsessive person and I feel like if I did get drunk and liked it then it could lead me to a dangerous path so I just stay away. It's really annoying sometimes though bc people judge me for being 22 and not drinking. For my 21st bday, I went to a farm sanctuary instead of partying and getting drunk lol


I'm from Brazil and i am at university and living at a small city around it. The whole city lives at alcohol and every day there are parties, and they are open bar ( and cheap, so... A lot of shitty alcohol sources lol ). When i started living on this city, i've decided not to drink, but after six months i was already drinking alcohol sometimes. Not as much as my friends do, but the social pressure is strong for you to drink.


Thoughts on drinking: I do it. It's fun. It's great in moderation but I am doing a thing where I'm <b>trying</b> to not drink till my next birthday becauseimnotlegaltillmynextbirthday. Drinking excessively has been my downfall and I 10/10 don't recommend. But also if you do drink...please be safe and smart! Get a DD. Lyft or whatever. That's all goodbye. Also yes dodie, I believe in you my rainbow child.

Thoughts on drinking: I do it. It's fun. It's great in moderation but I am doing a thing where I'm *trying* to not drink till my next birthday becauseimnotlegaltillmynextbirthday. Drinking excessively has been my downfall and I 10/10 don't recommend. But also if you do drink...please be safe and smart! Get a DD. Lyft or whatever. That's all goodbye. Also yes dodie, I believe in you my rainbow child.


Ya...the whol throwing up when u drink happened to me a lot when i was younger. Ive never been a person to just drink at home for the sake of it tho, so had always been a fri and sat night thing. In saying that i would find it pretty hard to give up my fri night end of week beverages. But, i feel like im at the stage where i can moderate myself pretty well...most of the time :P (im 25 for context)


OK that flower in your hair is awesome and cute!😀


my top tips:
don't mix your drinks too much, gaAHHH bad decision
don't get extremely drunk if no one can look after you, or you get to an extent where you cant look after yourselves properly
pace yourself at the start of a night and theeeen hit the vodka shots yee

anyways gr8 video dodz x

oh yeah, for the love of god try not to drunk text people


I'm also doing vedif woo! and weirdly i'm doing sober thingy too considering i've never had a drink!


In Australia drinking is part of the culture, getting shitfaced is more or less a normalcy and its more strange if you are sober than if you are drinking. I personally havent been very drunk and I am not sure if I will go that far but who knows, I will keep those tips in mind. I usually end up being the mum at parties so I will probably use the tips on other people :P Thanks and goodluck!


doing something similar, going from January 17 to March 17 (st pattys day) and will reward myself with seeing beauty and the beast and maybe have a green beer


I didn't get hangovers when I was younger, so I would say go all out when you're starting. I would get shit faced then wake up feeling like I had the best night's sleep. I'm not the vomit type but if you are, mixing different alcohol might be dangerous.

I have a weird thing now where I always taste vodka when I drink clean Sprite. The places I drink are normally not the fanciest, which means that a vodka and mix is the best option. My mix of choice is normally cranberry juice, but my waterholes normally don't have cranberry juice. Therefore, I take Sprite.


I've got to disagree with you on the eating thing!! I know everyone says this, but I actually get more sick if I've eaten a big meal, so if I'm drinking that night I like to eat early or have a big lunch and a small dinner


It's a good thing you can recognize a problem before it becomes a real problem.


I'm 14 and have had 1/2 a shot of birthday cake vodka, that I then proceeded to it out. The idea of drunk sounded amazing. Especially since I was at a friends birthday party and if I was hungover, I could stay again. The idea of drinking vodka was not amazing. I knew vodka would get me TRASHED since I'm small. Don't let your first time being drunk be vodka. Try something easy like wine or other small drinks. I watched my friend get trashed that night bc vodka does that in general. Be careful!


Crazy that you used Paris as an example cause I actually am gonna be in Paris the 20th haha. I've never gotta drunk though and it's school trip so I defiantly won't be drinking anyways lol.